Like many collectors, I'm not generally a fan of facsimile manuscripts, but the facsimile of the Voynich manuscript produced (with the cooperation of the Beinecke Library) by the Siloe company in Spain is really quite remarkably well done. 1/4

Woke up at our hotel this morning, and thought they can't possibly still have the nuns on, could they?

We need a French-made chatbot that answers in terse monosyllables and sometimes just ignores you when you try to get it to do things for you

BREAKING: In cooperation with the Amsterdam police, I have returned 25 precious objects to the National Archives of the Netherlands, one of the most renowned archives in the world. Many of these items are part of UNESCO World Heritage and were stolen 10 years ago by an employee.

The only Israeli scholars seemingly now tolerated in the wider academic world are those who actively disavow their religion, their nation, the army in which they and their sons and daughters must compulsorily serve, and the whole idea of an ancestral Jewish homeland. I saw this

With the Bayeux Tapestry in the news, it’s time to resurrect this absolute classic of historical re/enactments.

Homer says ἀρνειου, so the correct term is "escape sheep".

No it's just you.

I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @BabelStone, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist - passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. Andrew had a heart of the most immense kindness and generosity, and

A beautiful tribute from Andrew's friend and colleague Sergey Sergey Dmitriev, translated it reads: On July 10, Andrew West passed away - one of the best people I knew. Honest, straightforward, loyal, wise, vulnerable. The greatest expert on ancient scripts, the creator of numerous